I would rather go the opposite route and adopt the model in Japan and other countries so we can finally be rid of tips. Restaurants all over the world exist wit

I would rather go the opposite route and adopt the model in Japan and other countries so we can finally be rid of tips. Restaurants all over the world exist without tips. The US is not a special case I don't care about the staff asking me how my day is. I don't care how their day is going. I don't care about how "attentive" the staff is. I don't care if the staff has AirPods in. Replace the check ins with a call button. Familiarity with the menu for questions is all the interaction needed. Wait staff can be reduced, since they are just hanging out in the back unless called or serving food. We can get rid of pretending the restaurant under paying the wait staff is the diners problem to be made up for with tips, because they need to employ people to talk to you while you're eating. Extremely high end Michelin star places don't really have check ins, they just monitor you and do their explainers while they serve you. That is nice service, but most restaurants aren't at that level at all, and the prices at a Michelin place are so high that there is no need for a tip for the service.